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NATIONAL REPORT
Portland police reopening Gore investigation
PORTLAND, ORE. — Police said they are reopening
House OKs sweeping bank rules
Senate vote held up as cial system would be placed on cause joblessness on Main
an investigation into allegations by a Portland HOW THEY VOTED a risk watch in hopes of thwart- Street. No longer will the risky
massage therapist that former Vice President Al Democrats seek support ing the next threat of a financial behavior of the few threaten
Gore groped her at a hotel in 2006. How Illinois’ congressional crisis. the financial stability of our
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Near- delegation voted on the bill: Obama hailed the vote as “a families, our businesses and
In a brief statement Wednesday, the Portland
ly two years after a Wall Street Democrats — Bean, Y; Costello, Y; victory for every American who our economy as a whole.”
Police Bureau did not say why it was reopening the Davis, Y; Foster, Y; Gutierrez, Y; Halvor-
meltdown left the economy reel- has been affected by the reck- Republicans portrayed the
investigation. Police earlier said they considered son, Y; Hare, Y; Jackson, Y; Lipinski, Y;
ing, the House on Wednesday lessness and irresponsibility bill as a vast overreach of gov-
the case closed because there was no evidence. Quigley, Y; Rush, Y; Schakowsky, Y.
passed a massive overhaul of that led to the loss of millions ernment power that would do
Also on Wednesday, a Gore spokeswoman said Republicans — Biggert, N; Johnson,
financial regulations that would N; Kirk, N; Manzullo, N; Roskam, N; of jobs and trillions in wealth.” little to prevent future bailouts
the former vice president “unequivocally and
AL extend the government’s reach Schock, N; Shimkus, N. The 237-192 House tally broke of failing financial institutions.
emphatically” denies making unwanted sexual GORE from storefront thrifts to the ex- largely along party lines but They complained that it failed
advances toward the woman.
ecutive suites of Manhattan. attracted more support than in to place tighter restrictions on
Senate support for the far-
4 bodies found inside wreckage of missing plane reaching bill remained in flux,
and backing down on a $19 bil- December when no Republicans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
lion tax on big banks and hedge voted for the House version of the mortgage giants forced into
MOIESE, MONT. — Authorities found four bodies inside the wreck- however. The Senate was forced funds. the bill. The new legislation com- huge federal bailouts after their
age of a small plane Wednesday on a rugged hillside in north- to delay its vote to mid-July, de- The legislation, swelling to bines the House bill with one questionable lending helped
western Montana, bringing a tragic end to a 21⁄2-day search for a nying President Barack Obama more than 2,000 pages, would passed by the Senate last month. trigger the housing and eco-
group of friends who went out for an afternoon sightseeing trip a victory before Independence rewrite the nation’s regulatory “Today, I rise with a clear nomic meltdowns.
and never returned. Day. Democrats struggled to books. Simple supermarket message that the party is over,” “This legislation is a clear
Family members awaiting word in Moiese, headquarters of the secure the votes of a handful purchases and exotic deriva- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attack on capital formation in
National Bison Range, broke down upon hearings of the deaths of Republican senators even tives trades would be subject to declared. “No longer again will America,” said Rep. Eric Can-
of pilot and recent University of Montana graduate Sonny Kless, after meeting their demands new laws. And the entire finan- recklessness on Wall Street tor of Virginia.
law student Brian Williams and newspaper reporters Erika
Hoefer and Melissa Weaver.
A U.S. Homeland Security aircraft discovered a plane matching
the description of the missing 1968 Piper Arrow on Wednesday
afternoon in the remote area about 80 miles south of Kalispell.
HURRICANE ALEX/GULF OIL SPILL
An Air Force helicopter flew to the crash site and Sanders
Alex hits
County Undersheriff Rube Wrightsman rappelled from the
helicopter down to the rocky terrain to verify what the searchers
already suspected.